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Joseph W. Seaver was an American farmer from Darien, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term (1853) as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Walworth County.
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Wallace Ingalls was an American lawyer and politician.
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Hollis Latham was a Wisconsin farmer and politician.
Lewis Newton Wood was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Riley S. Young was an American pharmacist, banker, and Republican politician. He was the 47th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1919–1923) and represented Walworth County.
Elijah Mattison Sharp was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Nathaniel Meade Bunker was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
William Burgit was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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The 32nd Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of the southern half of Walworth County as well as a portion of western Kenosha County. It includes the cities of Delavan and Lake Geneva, as well as the villages of East Troy, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Genoa City, Sharon, and Walworth. It also contains the Big Foot Beach State Park, the Geneva National Golf Club, and Grand Geneva Resort Airport. The seat is represented by Republican Tyler August since January 2011.
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- ↑ "Walworth County Wisconsin BIOGRAPHIES A". Wisconsin Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-15.